Evelyn is a well-nourished 80-year-old woman with extensive medical history who recently suffered a femur head fracture that presented as osteoporosis. By definition‚ osteoporosis is a progressive bone disease that leaves the bones weak and unable to sustain any weight or pressure. Osteoporosis occurs when the body makes too little or not enough bone‚ causing the bones to break or fracture easily with a simple fall. Both the spongy and compact bone is affected when osteoporosis is present. The main
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Greenstick Fracture A bone fracture is a medical condition where the continuity of the bone is broken. Most bone fractures occur because of high force impact or stress. However‚ medical conditions which weaken the bone may also be the cause of a fracture. A crack (not only break) in the bone is also known as a fracture. Among health care professionals break is a much less common term when talking about bones. However‚ both break and fracture mean that the normal
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Bones play many roles in the body — providing structure‚ protecting organs‚ anchoring muscles and storing calcium. While it’s important to build strong and healthy bones during childhood and adolescence‚ you can take steps during adulthood to protect bone health‚ too. Why is bone health important? Your bones are continuously changing — new bone is made and old bone is broken down. When you’re young‚ your body makes new bone faster than it breaks down old bone‚ and your bone mass increases. Most people
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Natural and Social Sciences‚ InterAmerican Campus Telephone: (305)-237-6742 Office: Room 1366 e-mail: fcoro@mdc.edu Course Description Description: This course will be a lecture based class to study the structure and function of some systems of the human body‚ emphasizing those aspects most pertinent to students in the nursing and allied
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The Army as a Profession of Arms 18 October 2013 The United States Army is an organization built on tradition and the belief that nation is more important than one’s self. When an individual decides to join the Army ranks they choose to follow a code of ethics‚ ultimately becoming a member of the Army profession. The Army is a profession of arms serving the people of the United States and‚ is proven through rigid training requirements
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Product Remarketing Activity Natasha Martinez HCS/490 March 15‚ 2015 Ann Fairchild Product Remarketing Activity During the first week of this course‚ I was asked to identify a few advertised products as well as who the target audience was for that product. This week‚ I will be choosing one of the products that was initially targeted for audiences in their mid-thirties. The product is well known throughout the health care world and is known as vitamins and supplements. Considering the
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THE APPENDICULAR SKELETON Text Reference: CHAPTER 8 The appendicular skeleton (Chapter 8) consists of the bones of the PECTORAL GIRDLES (shoulder girdles)‚ PELVIC GIRDLE (hip girdle)‚ and the UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS (extremities). Each of the 2 PECTORAL GIRDLES (shoulder girdles) (FIGS. 8.1-8.3‚ pp. 204-206) consists of a CLAVICLE (collar bone) and a SCAPULA (shoulder blade). Anteriorly‚ the medial end of each clavicle joins the CLAVICULAR NOTCH on the MANUBRIUM of the sternum (FIG. 7.23‚
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BIOS251 Week 7 Lab Exercise Joints To complete this worksheet‚ select: Module: Support and Movement Activity: Anatomy Overviews Title: Joints 1. a. From the main Joints page‚ click Fibrous Joints and identify each of the following structural joint types. Suture Syndesmoses Gomphosis Suture Syndesmoses Gomphosis b. Why are sutures
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What is Costochondritis? The purpose of this description is to educate people on non-heart related chest pain from costochondritis. WHAT IS COSTOCHONDRITIS? Costochondritis‚ also known as chest wall pain or costosternal syndrome‚ is an inflammatory condition which consists of swelling‚ pain and localized tenderness in the costal cartilage which connects your upper ribs to your sternum. One of the first indicators of costochondritis is chest pain which may be reproduced
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Intramembranous ossification [flat bones] & endochondral ossification [long bones].The essential between them is the presence or absence of cartilaginous phase.Intramembranous ossification occurs when mesenchymal precursor cells proliferate & subsequently differentiate directly into osteoblasts w/c mineralize an immature bone tissue called woven bone‚characterize by irregular bundles of randomly oriented collagen fibers & an abundance of partially calcified immature new bone called asteoid.At later
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